Tag: Nursing Home
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“Grannies” write Mother’s Day letters to nursing home residents at Denver Milk Market brunch
“Grannies” at the Denver Milk Market wrote letters to nursing home residents around the city on Saturday as part of a Mother’s Day celebration. The activity was part of the market’s second Golden Gals Granny Brunch, an event that invites people to the market dressed in their best grandmotherly attire. This iteration of the brunch…
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Judge overturns first-ever minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes, including those in Colorado
A federal judge in Texas last month overturned the first-ever minimum staffing requirement at most of the nation’s nursing homes, including in Colorado — gutting what some call crucial safety and quality of care measures. On April 7, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled in a summary judgement that while “rooted in laudable goals,” the…
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A Colorado veteran needed help. He ended up dead after the VA referred him to a nursing home
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The terrible chain of events began three years ago in Grand Junction when the Veterans Health Administration made a questionable referral for an elderly veteran named Ernest Griffiths Jr. to enter a private-sector nursing home for his dementia care. It ended Feb. 25 with suspected…
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Colorado had America’s highest nursing home coronavirus death rate at end of 2020
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis a year ago pledged an aggressive approach to tamp down surging coronavirus cases in the state’s nursing homes, calling on the Colorado National Guard to help with testing for the virus at…
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LIFE | One Colorado family’s passion for helping seniors find ‘forever homes’
Donna, Rob, and Taylor Walker took their passion for helping others to a new level in 2020. After 15 years working in long-term care, Donna and Rob decided to create their own host home in Calhan, Colo., where their residents—or as Donna calls them, family— have found their ‘forever home.’ (Video by Skyler Ballard)